As of November 2021, the price of a reiki treatment at Reiki Surry Hills $85 for a 50-minute treatment. That’s $85 Australian, since I’m located in Australia (I know some visitors to this website come from overseas)! If you book directly with me and pay in cash, it’s $80.

I just found out from Google that my blog posts on prices are among the most searched for … so I better delete the old posts, and try to keep this one up to date.

When I started my reiki practice in 2012, I charged $60. Cheap, right? In  September 2016, I went up to $75 and in October 2018, I went up by $5. I’m pretty sure my fee is manageable for my clients. In fact, many of you have said how inexpensive my charges are compared to other places in Sydney, and one or two have suggested that I raise the price! My costs have increased too from when I started, for the online booking service, for taking credit card payments, and for paying the Australian Taxation Office.

I did some searching on the internet to see other rates. One person offered 45 minutes for $90, another 50 minutes for $135, another 90 minutes for $150 and another $140 for 60 minutes. There was a mobile reiki (they come to you) for $100 for an hour, which seemed a good rate, considering the convenience, but I don’t know if they are still running. Another place is $90 for an hour, and another place is $95. In Bondi, $100 an hour. An ‘Angelic Reiki Healing and Chakra Balancing Session’ not far from me is $300 for the treatment. On a number of sites, it’s difficult to actually see how much the charge is!

The last time I checked a few years ago, there may have been one or two others at a similar price, but at the moment, it looks like I’ve not only got the best reviews in Sydney, but am also the cheapest! I know that I’m lucky to be able to charge less, because I don’t depend on reiki to make a living, as I have other work. And as I work from home, I don’t have to make up the costs of renting a reiki studio.

If you do want reiki but have troubles affording it, just let me know, and I offer a concession rate of $60 for students and those in a financial bind as long as you book directly and pay in cash. When I was a student, I appreciated discounts, so I want to extend this courtesy to others. On the other hand, if you can afford my regular rate, I’d appreciate you paying it, even if you are a student. I’ve had people wanting a ‘deal’ or who said they can’t afford the regular rate and then drive to the appointment (if you can afford a car in Sydney, I think you can afford to pay the regular rate) or who are wearing rather expensive clothes!

For some years, I’ve been able to take credit card payments with my handy little Square and Verifone devices, or even do payments through my iPhone for appointments booked on Fresha. I still prefer to receive cash, but I know that not many people use cash regularly these days!

And finally, if you cancel, reschedule or don’t show up without more than an hour’s notice, I request a small fee. This will come off automatically from your card if you’ve booked through Fresha. A no show costs me: I will have spent time setting up the room for the appointment and will have blocked off my calendar when someone else could have booked in instead. Thanks for understanding.

Discover the gifts and benefits of a session of Japanese reiki therapy, healing energy from an experienced practitioner. Visit my website or Facebook page for more information and SMS, email, call me or book online if you’d like to make an appointment. Since 2011, I’ve given nearly 2,100 reiki treatments.

Clients come to relieve stress, anxiety and for many other issues, or to just give reiki a try to see what it does for them. Folks visit from all over Sydney and elsewhere to see me. While it’s easiest to get to me from the CBD, Darlinghurst, Paddington, Kings Cross, Redfern and Potts Point, I’m pretty easy to get to from anywhere in Sydney.

What a strange, long period. Being closed for reiki for over four months is the longest period since 2016, when I was in Paris for three months. I missed it. I missed the regular, daily experience of being in the healing space of reiki and being with you, my clients. I did try to keep up with my meditation and chanting, and I did a handful of remote reiki treatments (which I’ll blog about sometime), but I admit it wasn’t very regular. I also decided that I wouldn’t blog or promote Reiki Surry Hills while shut down. I personally dislike when I see something advertised that I can’t get! So, this is the first blog post in over four months. I’ll try to do a newsletter

I’ve been open now since Monday, 11 October. It’s been a nice, gradual re-entry, where I’ve seen clients quite steadily but it’s not been too busy. I’ve asked all my clients to read the COVID-safe guidelines before coming, and that’s worked fine. Two clients so far were reminded by them that we’re not allowed to receive clients who have not been double-vaccinated, and had to cancel their appointments. It looks like Sydney will be freer for those without vaccinations in about a month from now, according to the news.

I’ve been impressed by friends and clients alike at how everyone has managed with being locked down for this long period. In general, people have used the opportunity to discover the good things from a quieter and slower life, and in terms of inconveniences and problems, have managed to deal with them to the best of their capabilities. I think people are being honest in recognising what stress they’ve had to be under, and are generally being kind to themselves, and just getting on with life. I think this period now is an interesting one as we re-enter into the world to see what we’ve learned and how the world’s changed and how we can continue to take care of ourselves as much as we can.

Discover the gifts and benefits of a session of Japanese reiki therapy, healing energy from an experienced practitioner. Visit my website or Facebook page for more information and SMS, email, call me or book online if you’d like to make an appointment. Since 2011, I’ve given more than 2,000 reiki treatments.

Clients come to relieve stress, anxiety and for many other issues, or to just give reiki a try to see what it does for them. Folks come from all over Sydney and elsewhere to see me. While it’s easiest to get to me from the CBD, Darlinghurst, Paddington, Kings Cross, Redfern and Potts Point, I’m pretty easy to get to from anywhere in Sydney.

Discover the benefits of a reiki treatment. Visit my website or Facebook page for more information and SMS, email, call me or book online if you’d like to make an appointment. Over the last 10 years, I’ve given over 1,900 reiki treatments.

Clients come to relieve stress, anxiety and for many other issues, or to just give reiki a try to see what it brings them. Folks visit from all over Sydney and elsewhere to see me. While it’s easiest to get to me from the CBD, Darlinghurst, Paddington, Kings Cross, Redfern and Potts Point, I’m pretty easy to get to from anywhere in Sydney.

I’ve been familiar with Max Richter’s music for a while. He’s a German-born British composer and musician, and he seems to be classified as ‘contemporary classical’. His work appears in quite a few soundtracks, and I think I first became aware of him from his “On the Nature of Daylight” which was used in the movie “Arrival”. It’s a stunning piece: so emotional and beautiful.

One of my reiki clients was going to see a documentary after her treatment, and it happened to be Max Richter’s Sleep, a documentary about his 8.5 hour composition, played in a number of locations around the world, including at the Sydney Opera House, which we missed!

It really is an interesting idea: an antidote, he says, to the fast-pace of modern life, and I would add to short attention spans. He invites the audience to gather and … sleep during the performance. Or watch, or do yoga or get up and wander around but the option is there for the audience to curl up, in a communal space, on cots or temporary bedding and drift in and out of sleep and attention.

It’s a fascinating idea really and I think quite a magnificent experiment. He researched sleep and tried to mimic in his music the tones and rhythms of how we sleep, introducing the sound wavelengths of being awake close to the end.

I find it perfect music for reiki: it’s quiet and soothing, beautiful and never jarring with a sudden loud part or change of pace. That’s what I look for in the music I play during my treatments. So if you come for a reiki treatment in the next period, this may be the music that I’ll be playing! And if you’re interested, you should check out the music in any case: it’s easily found on Spotify and elsewhere.

Discover the gifts and benefits of a session of Japanese reiki therapy, healing energy from an experienced practitioner. Visit my website or Facebook page for more information and SMS, email, call me or book online if you’d like to make an appointment. Since 2011, I’ve given over 1,900 reiki treatments.

Clients come to relieve stress, anxiety and for many other issues, or to just give reiki a try to see what it brings them. Folks visit from all over Sydney and elsewhere to see me. While it’s easiest to get to me from the CBD, Darlinghurst, Paddington, Kings Cross, Redfern and Potts Point, I’m pretty easy to get to from anywhere in Sydney.